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Transfer

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.

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Verb group 2

Transplant 84% connected

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

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Transplant 84% connected

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Dealing 76% connected

of Deal

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Depute 76% connected

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Learning 76% connected

of Learn

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Shift 76% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Ticket 76% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Transaction 76% connected

The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Manner of action 43

Alien 76% connected

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shore…

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Alienate 76% connected

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Bring 76% connected

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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Bunker 76% connected

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commit 76% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Convey 76% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

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Demise 76% connected

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal author…

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Export 76% connected

To carry away; to remove.

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Fetch 76% connected

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Hand 76% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Mail 76% connected

A spot.

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Propagate 76% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Second 76% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Secularize 76% connected

To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Shuffle 76% connected

To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

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Shunt 76% connected

To shun; to move from.

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Spool 76% connected

A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.

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Translate 76% connected

To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree.

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Transmit 76% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Transpose 76% connected

To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

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Transship 76% connected

To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Alienation 76% connected

The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.

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Bringing 76% connected

of Bring

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Conveyancing 76% connected

The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one perso…

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Conveying 76% connected

of Convey

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Generalization 76% connected

The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from part…

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Lighterage 76% connected

The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.

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Quitclaim 76% connected

A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is…

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Relocation 76% connected

A second location.

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Resettlement 76% connected

Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees.

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Secularization 76% connected

The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to la…

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Transshipment 76% connected

The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another.

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Canalization 74% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Canalization 74% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Change 74% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Change 74% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Channel 74% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Channel 74% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Reassign 74% connected

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

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Reassign 74% connected

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

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Shift 74% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Shift 74% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Transference 74% connected

The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

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Transference 74% connected

The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

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Transferrer 74% connected

One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

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Transferrer 74% connected

One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

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Transplant 74% connected

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

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Transplant 74% connected

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

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Transplantation 74% connected

The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.

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Transplantation 74% connected

The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.

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Transplanter 74% connected

One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

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Transplanter 74% connected

One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

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Transport 74% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Transport 74% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Displace 72% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Synonym 13

Change 92% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Channel 92% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Conveyance 92% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Reassign 92% connected

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

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Remove 92% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Shift 92% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Transferee 92% connected

The person to whom a transfer in made.

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Transference 92% connected

The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

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Transmit 92% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transplant 92% connected

To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transport 92% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Transportation 92% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transpose 92% connected

To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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